1st » A system of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
25th » The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated by William Fothergill Cooke or William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone on July 25, 1837 between Euston and Camden Town in London.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1837
6th » R. G. Bhandarkar, Indian orientalist and scholar (d. 1925)
15th » Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d. 1859)
17th » Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Canadian politician, 6th Premier of Quebec (d. 1886)
18th » Vasil Levski, Bulgarian priest and activist (d. 1873)
31st » William Quantrill, American captain (d. 1865)